Competition

Last week, the European Commission published on its website a revised explanatory note on how it conducts on-the-spot inspections of business premises where it suspects a company has breached…

Competition Law in Canada – Top 10 Issues for 2013 This is a post of an article written by my partners Anita Banicevic, Richard Elliott, Charles Tingley and me ***************************************…

At the end of 2012 the Slovak Antimonopoly Office presented its future plans for public discussion. Various aspects such as the announced prioritisation of antitrust enforcement, the incentives for…

In sport it used to be said that it is not the winning that counts but the taking part.  That approach to professional sport would now seem rather quaint, but the debate has been recycled somewhat in…

Introduction The European Commission has published its long-awaited proposals to overhaul the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation,  which provides a competition law safe harbour for…

On 21st December 2012, the Supreme Court granted permission to Morgan Crucible to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, delivered in July, concerning the time limits for bringing follow…

In these difficult economic times, companies caught up in EU competition enforcement proceedings now regularly claim that the imposition of heavy fines could put them out of business. “Inability to…

In the UK competition world, it’s been the season for the god of quirks and small things. This has been a lot of fun. However, sadly we’re soon going to have to sober up and look at what lies beneath…

The Austrian Parliament has passed a bill amending the Austrian competition law rules. On March 1, 2013, significant changes will enter into force. These include the following: This is the follow-up…